Lazio Beats Genoa 1-0 in Serie A
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Lazio beat Genoa 1-0 in a Serie A match, Italy's top professional football league. The single goal decided the game.
Lazio's coach, Daniele De Rossi, spoke about the match afterward. He said the goal his team conceded had taken away some of their certainty on the pitch. De Rossi also mentioned that his team lacks verticality, meaning they struggle to move the ball quickly and directly toward goal.
Genoa's coach, Gennaro Gattuso, praised his player Nuno Tavares after the defeat. Gattuso said that Tavares' quality was high enough that he 'could play for Real Madrid,' one of the most successful football clubs in the world.
Gattuso was also asked about the transfer market, the period when clubs buy, sell, and exchange players. He said that one particular issue related to the market was bothering him, though he did not go into further detail about what that issue was.
The match was part of the second round of the current Serie A season, with both clubs looking to build form early in the campaign.
Vocabulary7 words
- Serie A
- Italy's top professional football league
- Daniele De Rossi
- the head coach of Lazio
- certainty
- a strong, confident feeling about how a game will go
- verticality
- moving the ball quickly forward toward the goal
- Gennaro Gattuso
- the head coach of Genoa
- Nuno Tavares
- a football player currently playing for Genoa
- transfer market
- the system where football clubs buy, sell, or trade players
Quiz
Answer key
1. Lazio won 1-0 2. Verticality 3. He could play for Real Madrid
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Lazio beat Genoa _____ in a _____ match, Italy's top professional football league.
Lazio's coach, _____, spoke about the match afterward.
He said the goal his team conceded had taken away some of their _____ on the pitch.
De Rossi also mentioned that his team lacks _____.
Genoa's coach, _____, praised his player _____ after the defeat.
Gattuso said that Tavares' quality was high enough that he 'could play for _____.'
Gattuso was also asked about the _____.
He said that one particular issue related to the market was bothering him.